greasy

trying to figure out what I want/need in a new or gently used truck.


I'm hauling hay and my truck in the sig isn't cutting the mustard. I'm delivering down into some pretty ugly places where well established hay sellers don't want to go anymore. I'm not well established yet and tailoring my sales to folks who have a hard time getting someone to deliver, I'm also using credit card reader on my cell phone cause they don't always have cash. The old hay sellers won't do that. Also I'm hauling a 4x4 tractor around that weights 7k without any implements, with some implements it could go up to 10k. I want the ability to haul a 4x4 backhoe on a 20k trailer, that would be rare. I also want to load a camper and head anywhere I want and not think twice about the condition of the truck. I don't do a lot of city driving, I live rural but sometimes I have to pick up feed or something.


My problem is long, hot slow pulls up mountain dirt roads, some of these roads are rough dirt roads way in. I recently installed an inline trans oil cooler and climbing up a grade the dash transmission light will come on, but the pillar gauge with probe in the pan is reading 190-210 and I can feel slip in the transmission. Next step is to install a TC magic lockup switch. I have a high pressure VB and HD clutch cluster, still it slips.


Even still coming down off those grades is looong and slooooow at below 25mph in 4x4 low or I'll smoke the brakes. I used to drive semi truck heavy haul so I know not to smoke them and never have.




Pretty much I've come to the conclusion I need a heavier duty truck, and I'm very leery of automatics having had my transmission out 5 times in the span of 100k miles. Also I want to delete all emissions junk, I realize the 2013-2015 programs and deletes is just now coming out. I want stock power, sick of upgrading parts and failures.


for reference
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...6-11-a-278158/